Rail-joint.



G. G. BURRESS.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.7,1911'.

1,000,233, I Paten ted Aug. 8,1911.

fiarles 6. 524776195 COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 50., WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES FATENT QFFICE.

CHARLES G. BURRESS, OF I-IYMER-A, INDIANA.

RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES G. BUnREss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hymera, in the county of Sullivan and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to rail joints and more particularly to the class of rail joint chairs for use in railway structures.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a rail joint chair in which the meeting ends of railway rails may be securely fastened so as to prevent any possibility of the same becoming loose or separating and at the same time obviating the possibility of the turning of the rails when subjected to heavy loads.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a rail joint chair in which the rail ends are seated, the fastening members in the chair being prevented from working loose thereby securely holding the rail ends yet permitting for expansion and contraction thereof.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a rail joint chair in which the balls or tread portions of the rails are held level thereby avoiding the pounding of the car wheels when passing over the joints and which will permit the proper expansion and contraction of the rail without interfering with the fastening mediums for securing the rail ends in the chair.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a rail joint chair which is simple in construction capable of being used either upon steam or electric railway structures and that is thoroughly reliable and [efficient in operation and inexpensive in .50 fview of a rail joint showing a chair supmanufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective porting the same constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view.

Similar reference characters indicate cor- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 7, 1911.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

Serial No. 612,731.

responding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 5 designates the meeting ends of railway rails of the ordinary well. known construction each having the usual tread or ball 6, web 7 and base 8, the rail ends being joined together by the chair as will be hereinafter more fully described. This chair comprises a block-like body 9 having a base 10 and a pair of upwardly converging side walls or webs 11 to provide a rail seat therebetween correspondingly shaped to the webs and bases of said rails for receiving the same. Formed in one said wall or web 11 of the chair is a substantially U shaped groove 12 the same being provided in the inner face of the said wall or web and in which are seated nuts 13 the latter being engaged by adjustable threaded bolts 14; the same being passed through suitable openings formed at intervals in the said wall or web of the chair. These bolts 14 are provided with square heads 15 whereby they may be readily and conveniently adjusted, the inner ends of the bolts being adapted for engagement with the spring metallic strip 16 interposed between the nuts 13 and webs of the rail ends 5 fitted within the chair so that upon turning the bolts in one direction the said rail ends will be securely fastened within the chair, the metallic strip 16 being designed to prevent wear of the nuts 13 upon the webs of the rails, and also to obviate the rattling of the bolts 15, should any of the same become loose in the chair. This chair is super-imposed upon adjacent cross ties (not shown) and is secured thereto by means of spikes, (not shown) in the ordinary well known manner.

It is thought that from the foregoing construction, the manner of uses of the chair will be readily apparent and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted. However, the rail ends may be provided with suitable apertures alining with the bolts 14 so as to receive the same, worked inwardly within the chair. In this instance the strip 16 is disposed on the opposite side of the webs of the rail ends 5 from that shown in Figs. 1 to 3 in the drawings.

What is claimed is A rail joint, comprising a body formed from a single piece of metal having a seat therein correspondingly shaped to and adapted to snugly receive the bases and Webs ends to prevent rattling of the screw mem- 10 of rail ends, one Wall of the seat being probers When loose.

vided with a channel in its inner face, nuts In testimony whereof I affix my signature held fixed Within the channel, screw memin presence of tWo Witnesses.

bers passed through the body and threaded CHARLES G BURRESS in said nuts for engagement With said rail ends to lock the same in the seat in the body, WVitnesses:

and a resilient metallic strip interposed be- ABNER Bosn,

tween the nuts and the Webs of such rail EDW. KINSMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

